Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-10-27

and Scientists - They Acknowl-
edge the Wonderful Results. but
Cannot Account for Them.
The following letter, published in
1882, has occasioned much COM
menl and investigation by physi-
clans and scientific men. 1t was
written by an old and reliable
practitioner residing in Missouri.
The report is known as
CASE NO. SO.
II have very interesting patient In
the person of a young girl who was
suffering from the effects Of entirely
suppressed menses. Her father Is
wealthy farmer living few miles frorl
this place. took charge Of the dsugh-
ter in 1919, believing that her troubles
would readily yield to the usual treat
ment. Finding them 40 obstinate as
to yield to none of the ordinary reme-
dies, by my advice her father took her
to two celebrated physicians In st.
Louis; but, after treating her two
months, she returned home In no re-
spect improved. At this time she was
almost blind. When she attempted to
concentrate her sight on any object it
would be at first all darkness, then ten
thousand stars Of every color would
appear, but she could distinguish
hardly anything. Her nervous system
was all upset, and she was unable to
sleep more than five minutes at time.
She suffered all the pains and aches
imaginable. At times wavering Of
her mind was indicated and feared
her intellect was about to be unseated.
Without my knowledge, her father
commenced giving her 'McElree's
Wine of Cardui,' which had been
highly recommended to him by some
one. She had been taking 1t only
week when Isaw her, and was rejoiced
to find her symptoms greatly i'm
proved. Her father then told me what
he WAS giving her. examined the
bottle of Wine, and believing no harm
would result from Its use advised tho
continuance of the regular doses daily.
l am greatly opposed to the use Of
Patent Medicines but when three
weeks later I found this young lady
able to read ordinary print without in
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hours out Of twenty-four, free nom
pain, and had had return of men
strual flow, became convinced that
'McElree's Wine of Cardui was an as
tonishing remedy, whatever il might
contain. write this hoping that your
rules will allow you 10 send me the
formula for making the medicine, so
that l may know in what cases to pre-
scribe it,"
The question suggested to ply
sicians and scientific men by this
case, and thousands IF Others
equally remarkable, was not as TO
the wonderful value of this aston
ishing remedy, which was acknowl-
edged by every one of them, but
what were its remedial elements ?
To the thousands Of inquiries Of
this kind the Chattanooga Medicine
Company could return but one
reply
I'VE DO NOT KNOW"
The following is an extract from
the circular letter that they pre-
pared and mailed IN reply to the
many thousands of inquiries that
they received:
Almost universally the medical pro-
fession recommend vaccination as q
preventive of smallpox. Is there one
of them who can tell what constituent
element of Bovine Virus causes the
phenomena? They only know the ef-
feet by repeated experiment.
We searched for twelve months and
treated every case of menstrual de-
rangement that we could discover free
of charge in case we were unsuccessful
in accomplishing cure, to satisfy our
selves ~ to the efficacy Of McElree's
Wine of Cardui. OF about seven
thousand cases thus treated, over six
The reports received from these cases
indicated that the wine was an aston
ishing tonic, as we'll as an emmena-
gOgue. While its action was magical
as regarded any arrangements Of the
menstrual organs it caused invalids to
gain strength and vitality, purified the
blood, increased their flesh, sometimes
twenty npunds In a few weeks, and
literally caused them to "shout for
Joy" Ladies who had become con-
!, firmed invclids were restored to robust
health in comparatively short time.
Observing these results which have
been made known In hundreds of let
terra from grateful invalids, We no Ion
gee care to inquire ho,D the vine &C.
, cctnplishes It's work. Not single per-
,an has reported any deleterious effect
nom its use. 1t is "powerlcas for harm,
ut giant for good"
Whether the astonishing cures OF
! menstrual arrangements come from Its
power to strengthen the functions OF
the body, or whether Its action is direct
on the menstrual organs, we do not
established facts, and 1t will be only
the foolish invalid or physician who
; will refuse to use the sure relief we
offer, because we are unable to tell how
we accomplish the result.
; The course adopted by some ply.
sicians who use the Wine of Cardui
. in their practice is to write a pre-.
! scription couched in Latin, which
instructs the druggist to put the
Wine in plain bottle, labelled
with written directions. For this
prescription the doctor gets fee Of
s1.00 or $500, as the case may be,
and the druggist fifty cents.
The patient gets for $3.50 or 50 sc
about one-fourth as much Of the
Wine as could be bought from the
same druggist for one dollar, if he
went to him and asked for a bottle
of McElree's Wine of Cardui, with.